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Game Dev Digest Issue #88 - Find Out How To Optimize Your Code, Visuals, and Animation
Game Dev Digest Issue #88 - Find Out How To Optimize Your Code, Visuals, and Animation. The latest from the free weekly #Unity3d/#gamedev newsletter.
April 2, 2021
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Which YouTubers are the right ones for your game? 2
We know just how many games there are out there, and how tricky it can be to get featured by notable streamers. So let's talk about 'variety' streamers and the best targets for your game.
April 1, 2021
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5 ways to boost your Steam wishlists: The Wandering Village edition
Stray Fawn Studio was kind enough to provide us with an annotated version of The Wandering Village’s impressive daily Steam wishlist numbers to date - let's analyze.
March 30, 2021
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Magic Legends: First Impressions
Quick analysis & predictions about Magic Legends, the latest MMORPG by Cryptic Studios & Perfect World Entertainment based on the Magic: The Gathering universe.
March 30, 2021
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The Absolute Basics of Good Gyro Controls
There's no question about it: a controller's gyroscope offers far more precision than a thumbstick for aiming. But without adhering to some very simple standards, most games fall far short of what's possible.
March 30, 2021
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Why Videogame Preservation Needs to Change
The recent plans to close Sony's older digital stores frame today's post talking about why videogame preservation needs to be taken more seriously, and the steps I would personally like to see taken.
March 29, 2021
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Subverting Player Expectation Part II
Part 2 in a discussion on 'subverting player expectation'; doing something different with a game's mechanics to make it engaging and keep it from becoming predictable, focusing on the creation of a unique workbench event in "The Last of Us Part II".
March 26, 2021
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One-off narrative games & Steam/console success 2
Perhaps you want to make narrative-led games that are designed to be played once - not systemic, Games As a Service-y things? We talk about examples that have sold, and why.
March 25, 2021
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How players use the Switch eShop in 2021 2
A new survey asks 11,000 Nintendo Switch players a bunch of questions, and we wanted to highlight the eShop section & talk about takeaways for devs and publishers.
March 23, 2021
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How and why to write low spoiler hints for adventure games.
Low spoiler hints for adventure games are more difficult to write than walkthroughs but spoilers are no fun either. Meghann O'Neill, writer of official incremental hint guides for Thimbleweed Park and Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, breaks down her process.
March 22, 2021
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How to differentiate your game for success in 2021 2
Switch and Xbox aren't the same: what does it take to get somewhere - revenue and success-wise - on various game platforms in the hot, hot video game market of 2021?
March 18, 2021
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The Wandering Village - Kickstarter success without a playable demo
This is a strategy overview of our Oct/Nov 2020 Kickstarter campaign for the building sim game ‘The Wandering Village’. We aimed to raise 30,000 Euros, but by the end of the campaign, 6500 backers had supported us with a total over 155,000 Euros.
March 18, 2021